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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
If it's Wednesday......it must be "Hump Day"....
I'm tired.....so let us be brief.....Here is few headlines.......the sports world is a yakking about. And.......I'm too tired to be yakking.....So I leave it to the big boys ....on this day to do the actual writing.......
In the News: Some things we're following.......
Wife's Illness Leads Mickelson to Suspend Season - New York Times
Ex-NFL star Vick leaves prison, heads for Va. home - The Associated Press
And the media frenzy goes on..........
Cleveland parties for the Cavs as Orlando series gets under way - The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
As Moses Malone once said, " fo, fo, and fo".......Will the "Cavs " ever lose a play-off game? So for , the boys from Cleveland are "fo, fo ".......As in sweeping Detroit and Atlanta...."Fo, fo, and fo"? It's still a possibility........Things.......I .......think I think.....
American Idol........ain't what it used to be.......
Oprah Winfrey........is the most powerful voice.......in America.....
Dick Cheney.....should crawl back under that proverbial rock........and stay there....
I just........love.......our President.......Mr. Obama........you are all right with me........
Are they........still playing .......Hockey?
Have a great .........."Hump Day"........
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Tomorrow........
Wednesday, May 20, 2009..........
That is the day Michael Vick is scheduled to be released from a federal prison in Kansas. Due to the high profile nature of this case.......the "feds" are very tight lipped on the actual time of his release.
It could be at 12:01..........Wednesday morning........or 11:59.......Wednesday night......or sometime in between.
We just don't know.....
But this ........we do know......the protesters.......mainly .......PETA.......will be out in force.
Now I have a message to those "People for the ethical treatment of Animals " ( PETA) folks..........Get your signs.......your posters.......ready.
Ready.......as when Vick goes to work in a pre-arranged construction job making $10 dollars an hour. Protest there.... and I will applaud you for your cause.
Don't wait until Vick is on an NFL team..........and then you come out and protest......That will tell me.....and the rest of the nation.......PETA is just looking for publicity.
I say all this...........knowing those gutless PETA people........will not be on the construction site......They want the TV cameras for the real thing.....When Vick gets back to the NFL.
And this is wrong.
Vick..........has paid his debt to society ........He has lost everything.......He deserves a second chance.
There are 32 NFL teams ...........meaning there are 32 starting quarterbacks...........Are all 32 better than Michael Vick?
I think not..........
Some team........some owner........some General Manager........must.....muster up some balls.....and go after Vick.
As for PETA?
Aren't there some whales........that need saving?
Monday, May 18, 2009
You know you have made it when..........
Saturday Night Live.....does a spoof on you. Charles Barkley and his network.....TNT were the butt of this latest SNL skit.
Kenan Thompson does not do a good Charles.......but the white guy sure looks a lot like Ernie....and SNL does a great job pointing out just how annoying all those on screen promos for upcoming shows are for us fans........who just want their sports.
Take a look:
Courtesy of YouTube....
Beaten.....and outrun........by a girl......
Yes, it happened in Baltimore........at the Preakness Stakes.......at the Pimlico Racetrack. This is the second leg of the three biggest races of thorough bred horse racing in the calender year.
A filly..........a female........a three year old.......dominated her male counter parts. She led from virtually start to finish........holding off Kentucky Derby winner, "Mind that Bird" by a half length.
Her name? Fittingly......"Rachel Alexandra"........
And on this day..........this female.......this filly........the only girl.....out ran........out performed.......out classed....every horse in the field.
In the past........I have been quite critical of Women's sports........particularly basketball....I am not a fan of female announcers........nor do I like women who want to play Men's sports.
That said..........these ........are horses....
They all have 4 legs.......they all look basically the same......."Rachel Alexandra"........just happened to be born........a female.
From the Baltimore Sun: Female fans cheer for Rachel Alexandra
I love it..........the new face of feminist........everywhere........
A horse!
What's happened..........to these "Dawgs"?
It seemed like only yesterday........we were bragging on the University of Georgia's men's baseball team.......affectionately known as the "Diamond Dawgs".....A month ago, Georgia was ranked number one in the nation..........and in first place in the SEC.
Now........after getting swept.......in South Carolina this week-end, (3 losses to the Gamecocks), these Dawgs have now lost 13 of their last 14 conference games.
After getting off to a stellar start........these guys........can't hit......field.....or pitch.
Baseball is a funny game. I played it........as did my brothers.......It is the only sport in which you can fail........7 out of 10 times at the plate.....and still have an above average......batting average of .300...
You can hit the ball.......square on the button.....and hit a line drive ...out.......right at someone.....or.....you can just get a piece of it.....and slice it in no man's land.....for a double.
This is what UGA is going through........time to regroup.....throw away all those headlines......get ready for the post-season....and play some ball.
Monday.......short shorts.....
Happy trails.....Tony Kornheiser....
Gruden to replace Kornheiser on MNF
Kornheiser has quit his gig as a commentator on ESPN's Monday Night Football....Our take? Good riddance....It's about the
game.....not talking heads..
Major League Baseball.......finally gets it...
Earlier start times for postseason baseball on Fox
It's about time.......Fox Sports and MLB have figured out....we folks that live on the east coast..would like to be able to watch a World Series game.....So they have moved up the starts.......45 minutes.......it's a start.
It is May.......isn't it?
In this southern college town.......last night.....the temperature was 47 degrees..........hardly welcomed.....in the deep south. I even turned on the heat....in my car? Global warming?
When?
Have a great Monday........
Friday, May 15, 2009
From the Kansas City Star newspaper.......
Former Sooners basketball star Tisdale dies at 44
He stood..........6' 9" and weighed 240 pounds.
A scoring machine..........Tisdale, remains the all-time leading scorer at the University of Oklahoma........and had a stellar career.....with 12 seasons in the NBA.
From Wikipedia..........
Tisdale was born in Fort Worth, Texas[1]. His father, Louis Tisdale, was a well-known pastor in Tulsa, Oklahoma serving for 28 years as senior pastor of Friendship Church; after his death in 1997, the former Osage Expressway in Tulsa was named L. L. Tisdale Parkway in his honor.[2] Wayman's older brother Weldon has been pastor of the church since 1997.[3]
Growing up, Tisdale was not interested in basketball; when Weldon and another older brother, William, played pickup games in their yard, he usually quit before they finished, retreating to the family's sandbox. However, Tisdale began taking to the sport in the eighth grade when he first learned to dunk.
He met his future wife Regina in April 1981 at church. At the time, they were juniors at different Tulsa high schools, and she did not know he was one of the most heavily-recruited basketball players in the country.
Tisdale called music his "first love". He was a self-taught musician; he never took any lessons, never knew what key any of the pieces he played is written in, or even the names of the notes. Throughout his youth, continuing through his college basketball career, he played bass guitar at his father's church. Music and church were so important to Tisdale that after recruiting him to the University of Oklahoma, Sooners head coach Billy Tubbs changed the team's practice schedule to accommodate Tisdale, moving the team's Sunday practice from the morning to the evening to allow him to play in the Sooners' band and at morning services in his father's church in Tulsa.
Back in the day........Wayman Tisdale........was a "baller".
May he rest in peace.
Yes........we are.....5 on Five.......
After taking a couple of weeks off..........we.....are back!
Since our last post, we have had my daughter, Madison (pictured) graduate from the University of Georgia........here in this southern college town.
We have celebrated all of our "Moms".....on Mother's Day.....
We mourned at the funeral of a dear friend of the family........
We saw our beloved Atlanta Hawks......go on vacation.....by losing 4 straight to Cleveland....
The Republicans........are still "hatin'" Obama........
Nancy Pelosi is in deep doo-doo........
Manny Ramirez.......has been suspended.......
The L A Lakers will play a game seven.....as will the Boston Celtics......
Waymon Tisdale (former Oklahoma and NBA star) passed away..........at age 44!
So much........"stuff" ...........going on........
Stay tuned....
Saturday, May 2, 2009
My my.............
The calender says.....May.
May..............as in, "May Day"..........."May Flowers".
What the hell happened to April?
April brought us "showers"...........April brought us the "15th"............as is "taxes"........
April brought us ....."April fool's day"
April brought us...........well........May........
For ...without an April.......there would be no....May.........
April.......when I planted seed......and cut the first grass of the season........
April.......when my daughter was born.
April...........when the northern winds....were not so cold........
April..........April...........where have you gone?
30 days?
And you're gone?
April...........we hardly knew you.
